This Nordby inspired hike will start at the overflow parking area which is about .50 miles (https://tinyurl.com/ygdagy6n) past the main entrance and on the right.
This hike is full of dramatic desert and canyon scenery - from start to finish.
At the beginning we will pass some interesting rock formations and then we will make a short ascent to a bluff above the parking area and trend east along the side of a heavily vegetated slope.
The trail winds down and across a small wash where we will have a chance to see two old gold mines. One is a horizontal shaft and one is vertical.
----- Sabino Canyon Gold Mining History -----
Col. Charles P. Sykes and a small group of associates staked claims to five gold mines near the mouth of Rattlesnake Canyon in 1892. By 1897, the group had formed the Sabino Gold Mining Company and had expanded its holdings to ten mines. The mines never panned out but the short tunnels dug into the canyon walls by this group can still be seen today. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/sabino/shistory.html
